Orange peel on lower doors/sideskirt/fenders

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Old 12-22-2011 | 04:36 PM
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Orange peel on lower doors/sideskirt/fenders

Ok so I just got my car back from the body shop(unnamed but behind EQ tuning) after a little fender bender. So I take her home and I notice the bottom 4-5” of my doors and fenders have pretty heavy orange peel on it. Is this a factory thing for rock chip protection..? Or do I need to have a word with the manager? I searched around and couldn’t find any hard evidence. any info on this would help.
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Old 12-22-2011 | 04:43 PM
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there shouldnt be any orange peel on the exterior! tell them to clean that up, nah i probably think its plastic vinyle for protecting the paint. but im not sure why they would put it on
Old 12-22-2011 | 05:00 PM
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Doubt it's vinyl since it was just painted so I would go and talk to them.
Old 12-22-2011 | 05:14 PM
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maybe u ran over a puddle of latex paint around thier shop??
Old 12-22-2011 | 05:36 PM
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My stock paint has had terrible orange peel since the day I got it
Old 12-22-2011 | 06:09 PM
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Go back to the shop and tell them to buff it out
Old 12-22-2011 | 06:28 PM
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Yeah I say you go back and have them buff it out...but you get what you pay for...
Old 12-22-2011 | 06:49 PM
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yeah they should be able to color sand/polish it out,
Old 12-22-2011 | 06:54 PM
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That's factory. Made for rock chip protection.
Old 12-22-2011 | 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by NorCalDC5
My stock paint has had terrible orange peel since the day I got it
+1 to this. I'm not sure how "heavy" it is, but it's definitely noticeable.
Old 12-22-2011 | 11:36 PM
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The bottom 5 I chew has a protection that keeps it safe from rock chips the have that from the factory on the doors
Old 12-23-2011 | 12:11 AM
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Lol "buff it out..."


Take it back to them, there shouldn't be any orange peeling, or vinyl unless your car is a two tone outback.
Old 12-23-2011 | 12:22 AM
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On my car, the bottom 3 or 4 inches has that texture.
Old 12-23-2011 | 12:36 AM
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On my car, the bottom 3 or 4 inches has that texture.
Same, my 2007 STi has orange peel looking stuff on the bottom 3 or 4 inches!
Old 12-23-2011 | 12:41 AM
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That's factory. Its suppose to be like that. Look at every Wrx and its got it. I figured everyone knew that. Hmph. Go figure


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